Annie Mac's Hottest Record of the Year 2017 - Terms and Conditions

1. In order to vote, you must be a UK resident (including Channel Islands and the Isle of Man) and not be a BBC employee, employee of any of its subsidiaries or affiliates, close relative of any such employees or connected to the vote directly or through a close relative.

2. Votes can be made online by accessing www.bbc.co.uk/radio1 from 19:30 on Thursday November 30th 2017 and must be received no later than 20:00 on Tuesday December 5th 2017. Any votes received outside the voting window will not count. You cannot vote by any other method.

3. Online voting requires you to log into the page with your BBC account at https://www.bbc.com/signin . If you do not have a BBC account, you can register for one for free at https://www.bbc.com/register . If you have any trouble registering or signing in, you can visit the help pages at https://www.bbc.com/signin/help. Please check your broadband or mobile contract to check the cost of using data services. You can only vote once per BBC account.

4. The list of 40 Hottest Records have been shortlisted by Annie Mac and her production team.

5. The 20 Hottest Records that receive the most votes will be played out on Thursday December 7th 2017. In the event that two or more records receive an equal number of votes, their final placing will be determined by Annie Mac and her production team by means of a casting vote.

6. No correspondence relating to the vote will be entered into.

7. There will be no prize for anyone taking part in the vote.

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9. The BBC reserves the right to disqualify entries or suspend voting if it has reasonable grounds to suspect that fraudulent voting has occurred or if it considers there has been any attempt to rig the voting. The BBC has the right to substitute an alternative selection method at its absolute discretion.

10. For the purposes of investigating possible voting irregularities when voting on bbc.co.uk using BBC Account the BBC may use cookies, log IP addresses or analyse the information from your BBC Account. The BBC will not publish this information or provide it to anyone without permission, except where required for enforcement of these terms.

11. If, for any reason, the online voting system fails, the vote may be suspended or a contingency plan may be actioned.

12. The BBC reserves the right to change, cancel or suspend the vote at any time.

13. The BBC cannot accept any responsibility whatsoever for any technical failure or malfunction, or any other problem with any online system, server, provider or otherwise which may result in any vote being lost or not properly registered and recorded.

14. This vote complies with the BBC's Code of Conduct for Competitions and Votes: BBC Code of Conduct for Voting

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